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The NBA's Western Conference is brutal. It's loaded with talent. And the eight teams that make it through a gruelingly competitive regular season to reach the playoffs will only find slugging their way to the NBA Finals even more daunting.

LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. (AP) – After losing his first bid for Tennessee governor 40 years ago, Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander shed his blue suit and buttoned-up appearance for a plaid shirt, hiking boots and a 1,000-mile walk around the state.

CHICAGO (AP) – Fast food workers say they're prepared to escalate their campaign for higher wages and union representation, starting with a national convention in suburban Chicago where more than 1,000 workers will discuss the future of the effort that has spread to dozens of cities in less than two years.

ATLANTA (AP) – After three years of bashing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Republican governors were surprisingly mute on the first day consumers could shop for insurance policies through online marketplaces.

With voters in all six of Shelby County’s suburban towns and cities to vote next month on forming their own public school districts, candidates in two of the towns are preparing for elections in the fall.

Boyle Investment Co. sold 10 lots at Spring Creek Ranch to a newly formed builder group and construction soon will commence on the next phase of development at The Village at Spring Creek Ranch, an upscale, master-planned community off Raleigh-LaGrange Road.

Devonya Evans has joined the Medical Education & Research Institute as director of finance. Evans, a licensed certified public accountant, will be responsible for heading MERI’s finance and information technology departments.

HONG KONG (AP) – Struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. has secured a lifeline after agreeing to sell half of its prized stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion, with most of the cash going to shareholders.

Amanda Kiser has joined Volunteer Mid-South as community services director. Kiser’s responsibilities include mobilizing and maximizing volunteer resources, coordinating training for partner agencies, creating and leading community projects, and marketing VMS’ benefits to agencies and the public.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett said Monday that Europe will have a hard time resolving its fiscal problems because of the structure of the European Union and this weekend’s election results in Greece and France.

NEW YORK (AP) – Out of a relatively balmy winter have sprung some economic surprises. People have more cash in their pockets because they aren't turning up the thermostat. Airlines don't have to de-ice planes or battle blizzards. And shoppers are finding great deals on coats and boots.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The Bowl Championship Series as college football fans have come to know it is going away.

Over the next six months, the people who oversee the much-maligned postseason format will talk about how to reconstruct the system for crowning a national champion. In the tumultuous 14-year history of the BCS, the appetite for change among college football's leaders has never been stronger.

Michael Drake is founder, chairman and chief executive officer of masterIT. masterIT has been named one of North America’s Most Innovative MSPs by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine. The list recognizes the IT industry’s top 40 managed service providers for their ingenuity, leadership and success.

Greg deWitt of Grubb & Ellis Co. has been appointed to the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council. He will take over one of the council’s director seats next year before becoming the council’s vice president in 2012.

UPS may not be based in Memphis – its hometown is Atlanta – but fourth quarter earnings from the world’s largest shipper should create as much buzz here as anywhere.

The company reported a fourth-quarter profit of $757 million, three times its profit from a year ago. It was the equivalent of 75 cents per share, compared to a profit of $254 million, or 25 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue fell 2.5 percent to $12.38 billion from $12.70 billion.

Voters in Arlington and Lakeland settled three political contests at the polls Thursday.

The contest for Lakeland commissioner was a tie between candidates Don Barber and Cecil Tompkins. Each got 384 votes, according to unofficial final results from the Shelby County Election Commission. There were also eleven write in votes in the contest that covered all four precincts in the Memphis suburb.

But the Lakeland contest was already decided at the filing deadline because it was an election in which voters filled two commission positions. Barber and Tompkins were the only two candidates on the ballot.

In the two contests for Arlington alderman, position 4 incumbent Oscar Brooks won re-election over challengers Joshua Donovan Fox and Larry St. Clair.

Voters in Arlington and Lakeland settled two of three political contests at the polls Thursday.

The third contest for Lakeland commissioner was a tie between candidates Don Barber and Cecil Tompkins. Each got 384 votes, according to unofficial final results from the Shelby County Election Commission. There were also eleven write in votes in the contest that covered all four precincts in the Memphis suburb.

Al Bell has been elected the new chairman of the Memphis Music Foundation.Under Bell’s direction, the foundation will continue to provide education, strategic planning and promotional opportunities to the Memphis music industry.Bell is the former chairman and owner of Stax Records and former president of Motown Records. Bell has worked with artists such as Booker T and the MG’s, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Albert King, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes and Richard Pryor.

It was one year ago this week that nine new members were elected to the Memphis City Council.

It was the largest turnover of seats on the 13-member body in its 40-year history.

This week, the council had its most serious difference of opinion to date over a controversy that began onthe watch of the previous council. And it was one of the previous council members that made the difference in the outcome.

Carol Warren has accepted the position of bursar in the Division of Business & Finance at the University of Memphis. Warren is a graduate of the University of Memphis and has experience in student financial service operations working for the U of M previously as the assistant bursar. Before joining the university, Warren spent several years in the Loan Division at First Tennessee Bank.

When New York Sen. Hillary Clinton told her husband a day or so ago that she'd be making a campaign stop in Memphis this week, the former president and Arkansas governor said he was jealous about being unable to come along.

The Memphis Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors will host sales management consultant and author Garry Kinder at its luncheon today at 11:30 a.m. at The Racquet Club of Memphis, 5111 Sanderlin Ave. To reserve space, call 360-1478.

The sale of Memphis Networx to a Colorado telecom company for $11.5 million might not be a done deal. Even if it is, efforts are building to demand details of the deal. And the sale may come with a side agreement for a pound of political flesh.

With one week to the filing deadline for the Oct. 4 Memphis city elections, 124 citizens have thought seriously enough about running for the 15 offices on the ballot to check out qualifying petitions. Nearly 40 had filed by the end of the first week.

The United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) has chosen Santiago R. Vera, director of the Liver Transplant Program at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, to serve as the Region 11 Councilor on the UNOS board of directors. He will serve as the representative for UNOS members in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Vera has been with the Transplant Institute since 1982.

Minority-led business contracts in Memphis and Shelby County are apparently such a hot commodity, some political figures who double as private consultants are willing to go to great lengths to procure them for their clients.

The Vesta Home Show definitely is coming to Collierville's Spring Creek Ranch in 2007, but whether the Stanford St. Jude Championship, formerly known as the FedEx St. Jude Classic, will call the development's golf course home is another matter altogether.

The Memphis Area Legal Services' board of directors has elected Antonio "Toney" Matthews to serve as its vice president. Matthews is an attorney with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC and is a member of the Defense Research Institute, the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association and the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility Hearing Committee.

Greg V. Ortega was named director of corporate product marketing for TBC Corp. Ortega previously held positions as TBCs manager of strategic marketing and manager of marketing and procurement for light truck tires. He earned...

Amanda Dame joined archer>malmo as an account supervisor. She will manage the Valent U.S.A. team and leading new business dev...

61. Archived Article: Marketplace St - Monday, August 07, 2000 By SUZANNE THOMPSON Nonconnah Parkway corridor set to explode By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Nonconnah Parkway is now open from Ridgeway Road to Byhalia Road. Ongoing construction of the parkway the outer loop of the expressway that will one day...

62. Archived Article: Popeye (lead) - Tuesday, July 18, 2000 By SUZANNE THOMPSON More Popeyes Chicken stores land in Mid-South By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News MIC, the local company that owns and operates 47 Burger King locations throughout the Mid-South, has ventured into a new fast food arena: spicy chic...

64. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, August 11, 1999 Leonard I Randall H. Brown has been appointed chief financial officer for Allen & OHara Inc. He formerly was director of corporate finance for Promus Hotel Corp. A certified public accountant, Brown has bachelors degrees from the University of M...

65. Archived Article: Marketplace - Monday, July 19, 1999 By SUZANNE THOMPSON Training triumphs Harrahs management invested time, money and incentives to raise customer service standards By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News In a highly competitive business like gaming, a pivotal point of success depends on c...

66. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, June 16, 1999 Maj Frank Colvett Jr. has been promoted to executive vice president of GreenScape Inc. He previously was vice president of marketing. Scott Perry has been named vice president of GreenScapes irrigation division. He formerly was manager of the irriga...

67. Archived Article: Back - Tuesday, May 11, 1999 By SUZANNE THOMPSON Ozburn-Hessey Logistics builds second facility on present site By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Construction is underway on a second facility for Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLC at 5510 E. Holmes Road. The cost of construction was ...

68. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, March 31, 1999 Ralph B Ralph B. Lake, former executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of Promus Hotel Corp., has become a member of Burch, Porter & Johnson. Other new members include William A. Carson II, Scott J. Crosby, Susan M. Clark and Todd...

69. Archived Article: Heartland St - Friday, March 05, 1999 By SUZANNE THOMPSON Rural Metro, Heartland to build near Summer By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Construction began Wednesday on a project off Summer Avenue valued at about $2 million. The project involves two separate facilities, a 6,000-square-f...

70. Archived Article: Marketplace St - Monday, December 21, 1998 By SUZANNE THOMPSON Keep the receipt Knowing a stores return policy before a purchase is made and hanging on to the sales ticket can save shoppers headaches By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News If theres a shopping day that rivals the day after Thanks...

71. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, November 25, 1998 Bill Ray has been named regional director-corporate and community affairs for BellSouths West Tennessee operation Bill Ray has been named regional director-corporate and community affairs for BellSouths West Tennessee operation. He joined the compan...

72. Archived Article: Standout St - Friday, September 04, 1998 By SUZANNE THOMPSON Justice for all Mark Wards actions support his belief in equal justice By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Mark Ward got his first taste of lawyering when he was a senior in high school. During a mock Supreme Court trial, he argue...

73. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, June 17, 1998 Rick Ruffin has joined Morgan Keegan & Co Rick Ruffin has joined Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. as a first vice president in institutional fixed income sales. Ruffin formerly was manager of J.C. Bradfords client services group. He has a bachelors ...

74. Archived Article: Comm Focus - Friday, May 22, 1998 By SUZANNE THOMPSON More than black and white Memphis Diversity Institute wants to help people develop a fuller understanding of diversity By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Diversity is about more than just race and gender, and the Memphis Diversit...

76. Archived Article: Standout - Friday, October 03, 1997 By SUZANNE THOMPSON Molded by museums Wesley Creel, new administrator of programs for Memphis Museum Systems, wants to help people love learning about artifacts By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News When you visit museums operated by the Memphis Museum...

77. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, July 16, 1997 Trezevant Realty Corp Trezevant Realty Corp. has announced several new employees and a promotion: Linda Braden has joined the corporation as marketing assistant for retail development. Braden has been involved in the commercial real estate industry ...

78. Archived Article: Milestones - Friday, June 13, 1997 Robin Scott Studios has been selected by Time Warner Media for the handling of all its local commercial production and post production Robin Scott Studios has been selected by Time Warner Media for the handling of all its local commercial production...

79. Archived Article - Monday, January 06, 1997 For a bread, bagels have cause a lot of commotion. That crazy, circular, chewy, cousin of a roll is sweeping the country slathered with cream chesse, substituted for sandwich bread, or munched with coffee en route to offices. Bagel bonanza Whether b...